We have been "civilized" for about 5000 years, what we call it anyway, but once an idea has been entrenched, we have great difficulty cutting it out of our collective mind. I was just reading about newly discovered evidence of gladiators in Turkey, Western Europe and England, due to Roman conquest. It was a sub-culture, sometimes honoured for bravery and skill, just like our boxers, but excluded from "civilized" society and usually buried ignominiously. And right after that I read an article on the need to "normalize" prostitution for the safety of prostitutes- although they know that safety for prostitutes, just like gladiators, can never be assured : is is the nature of the work. And the work is not respectable, health producing or acceptable. Years ago I worked with a young, religious woman (fundamentalist church) who actually said prostitutes keep "good women" safe". It is the idea that some of us are born to make sacrifices, and our will has nothing to do with it. But are US and Western EU citizens going to make the ultimate sacrifice and starve and freeze in the dark this winter, just to make Russia look bad for the purposes of their respective governments? Just how deep does this sacrifice shit go? Personally, I can't see it hanging in much longer.
Yes, EU citizens are going to make sacrifices this winter, but it isn't by their choice. It is the nature of the US Oligarchy to have made that choice for them.
And hopefully, this will lead to "something else".
The "Global South" has been watching the USA grab for ever more and more and they are beginning to laugh at the naiveté of Americans who have been lulled into believing that they deserve the extra things in life. The Millennials have awoken to the reality of what is happening.
The question is, "What are we going to do about it?". Will a Clint Eastwood come and save us from our passive natures?
We must recognize that America is, and always has been, run by criminals. While lately I've been recommending Aaron Good, a couple of nights ago youTube served up a Noam Chomsky video from 20 years ago that said the same thing.
It's an old problem the solution to which seems to be -reality. Will the EU swallow the pill once more? Their heads of state will take a helluva beating if they do: Scholtz and Macron are already laughing stocks: they make Victor Orban look good. And while they like to make him out a fascist, in fact, they are more so. They have supported the events that led to un-absorbable refugees, poverty and dispossessed.
We have been "civilized" for about 5000 years, what we call it anyway, but once an idea has been entrenched, we have great difficulty cutting it out of our collective mind. I was just reading about newly discovered evidence of gladiators in Turkey, Western Europe and England, due to Roman conquest. It was a sub-culture, sometimes honoured for bravery and skill, just like our boxers, but excluded from "civilized" society and usually buried ignominiously. And right after that I read an article on the need to "normalize" prostitution for the safety of prostitutes- although they know that safety for prostitutes, just like gladiators, can never be assured : is is the nature of the work. And the work is not respectable, health producing or acceptable. Years ago I worked with a young, religious woman (fundamentalist church) who actually said prostitutes keep "good women" safe". It is the idea that some of us are born to make sacrifices, and our will has nothing to do with it. But are US and Western EU citizens going to make the ultimate sacrifice and starve and freeze in the dark this winter, just to make Russia look bad for the purposes of their respective governments? Just how deep does this sacrifice shit go? Personally, I can't see it hanging in much longer.
Yes, EU citizens are going to make sacrifices this winter, but it isn't by their choice. It is the nature of the US Oligarchy to have made that choice for them.
And hopefully, this will lead to "something else".
The "Global South" has been watching the USA grab for ever more and more and they are beginning to laugh at the naiveté of Americans who have been lulled into believing that they deserve the extra things in life. The Millennials have awoken to the reality of what is happening.
The question is, "What are we going to do about it?". Will a Clint Eastwood come and save us from our passive natures?
We must recognize that America is, and always has been, run by criminals. While lately I've been recommending Aaron Good, a couple of nights ago youTube served up a Noam Chomsky video from 20 years ago that said the same thing.
It's an old problem the solution to which seems to be -reality. Will the EU swallow the pill once more? Their heads of state will take a helluva beating if they do: Scholtz and Macron are already laughing stocks: they make Victor Orban look good. And while they like to make him out a fascist, in fact, they are more so. They have supported the events that led to un-absorbable refugees, poverty and dispossessed.